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The South Korean won (Symbol: ₩; Code: KRW; Korean: 대한민국 원) is the official currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and it appears only in foreign exchange rates.
Due to the devaluation of the first South Korean won (from 15 won to the U.S. dollar in 1945 to 6000 won to the dollar in 1953), the hwan was introduced in 1953 at the rate of 1 hwan = 100 won. The hwan was nominally subdivided into 100 jeon but the lowest denomination issued was 1 hwan.
Following the end of the Colonial Era and the division of Korea, the won was introduced to replace the Korean yen.The first banknotes were issued by the Bank of Joseon until 1950, when the currency management switched to the Bank of Korea.
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1 INR = 1.6000 NPR (buy) 1 INR = 1.6015 NPR (sell) North Korea: North Korean won: Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Oman: Omani rial: Central Bank of Oman: 1 OMR = USD 2.6008 Pakistan: Pakistani rupee: State Bank of Pakistan Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinean kina: Bank of Papua New Guinea Philippines: Philippine peso
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Won was introduced in 1902 as the official currency unit replacing yang at 1 won = 5 yang. The Bank of Korea was established in 1909 but soon after in 1910 Imperial Japan annexed the Korean Empire. Under Colonial rule, the country was made to use the currency unit "yen" in place of the Korean Won, which took over the Korean won at par.